Quick look at Microsoft ZUNE 30GB
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The_Devil_Himself
die blizzard die! D3?
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@choto dada: have you figured out how to turn it off?its kinda strage.To turn it off completely prees and hold back button+down button on squircle at the same time.press play button to turn on again.
Press and hold back+up buttons to reboot.
Want to completely format your zune?press and hold back+centre button+play buttons while rebooting your Zune.
Thought it would be useful in extending battery life.Its strange you cannot switch off your device completely normally(i.e. without ^^ combo).
@choto dada: have you figured out how to turn it off?its kinda strage.To turn it off completely prees and hold back button+down button on squircle at the same time.press play button to turn on again.
Press and hold back+up buttons to reboot.
Want to completely format your zune?press and hold back+centre button+play buttons while rebooting your Zune.
Thought it would be useful in extending battery life.Its strange you cannot switch off your device completely normally(i.e. without ^^ combo).
QwertyManiac
Commander in Chief
Ah good to see it has a partial Ctrl+Alt+Delete 
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Choto Cheeta
Rebooting
iMAV said:
its a hardware and i thought reviews are suppose to go in hardware section ??
Devil said:
Zune Battery FAQ
If u have not read it, then do give it a shot...
desiibond said:
it is a gift... and it has came via Fedex
now how do u get ur self one.. well to be honest unless Microsoft comes to india I would say no dont get it because of after sales service... in-stade think of iPOD models... or if u are a fan of Zune then ask ur contact over their to ship the product by mentioning it as a gift... As per Indian customs law if customs thinks the product is bellow Rs. 10,000/- and its a gift then they wont charge a penny for it.. but then again u never know what customs would do
they are highly un-predictible...In my case i was not asked to pay any duty for the product
The_Devil_Himself
die blizzard die! D3?
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Have you tried it?This is ,I don't know,kind of soft power off not complete power off.You can start your Zune by pressing any key.Now try my combo i.e. down+back key and see yourself,It won't start untill you press the play button for some time and then you'll see the loading screen unlike soft power off where you don't see any loading screen.
Zune Battery FAQ said:
Have you tried it?This is ,I don't know,kind of soft power off not complete power off.You can start your Zune by pressing any key.Now try my combo i.e. down+back key and see yourself,It won't start untill you press the play button for some time and then you'll see the loading screen unlike soft power off where you don't see any loading screen.
The_Devil_Himself
die blizzard die! D3?
^^not given but 'taken'.Actually the Zune version ones costs just 100$ but the latest ones costs in excess of 250$.
desiibond
Bond, Desi Bond!
Choto Cheeta said:it is a gift... and it has came via Fedex
now how do u get ur self one.. well to be honest unless Microsoft comes to india I would say no dont get it because of after sales service... in-stade think of iPOD models... or if u are a fan of Zune then ask ur contact over their to ship the product by mentioning it as a gift... As per Indian customs law if customs thinks the product is bellow Rs. 10,000/- and its a gift then they wont charge a penny for it.. but then again u never know what customs would do
In my case i was not asked to pay any duty for the product
I thought a 30gig player for 4000 bucks is a steal.
Nothing to lose if it stops working.
My cousin bought one for me during Thanksgiving (99$) but FedEx is charging $70 + customs extra to ship it to India. I am looking for cheaper and reliable ways to get it here.
Keith Sebastian
Padawan
The Zune reviewed here is the first gen model which (as expected) didn't do well at all.
A couple of months back Microsoft released V2 of the it's Zune player. This release addresses most of the shortcomings of the first gen Zune featured in this review. I think gen 2 is a serious contender to the iPod.
Here's a link to the Amazon product page -
*snipurl.com/1v0yr
Updated UI - the first gen had a crappy Windows Media Center edition feel to it.
Reduced bulk - doesn't look & feel like a brick anymore
80GB capacity
New touchpad
and finally Usable wi-fi - you can actually sync your library with your PC over wi-fi now etc. make this a really tempting proposition for me. However, I simply just can't let go of my first gen Nano
Cheers,
Keith
A couple of months back Microsoft released V2 of the it's Zune player. This release addresses most of the shortcomings of the first gen Zune featured in this review. I think gen 2 is a serious contender to the iPod.
Here's a link to the Amazon product page -
*snipurl.com/1v0yr
Updated UI - the first gen had a crappy Windows Media Center edition feel to it.
Reduced bulk - doesn't look & feel like a brick anymore
80GB capacity
New touchpad
and finally Usable wi-fi - you can actually sync your library with your PC over wi-fi now etc. make this a really tempting proposition for me. However, I simply just can't let go of my first gen Nano
Cheers,
Keith
The_Devil_Himself
die blizzard die! D3?
^^nope dude sadly firmware upgrades makes your first gen. Zune as good as second ge. Zune as fard as softwares(wi-fi,UI things) goes.
Brick:have you ever seen one?
Capacity:2.58gb\27.xgb filled (my zune stats)
touchpad:yea thats a really nice feature of second gen. Zunes apart from glossy looks.
Brick:have you ever seen one?
Capacity:2.58gb\27.xgb filled
(my zune stats)touchpad:yea thats a really nice feature of second gen. Zunes apart from glossy looks.
Keith Sebastian
Padawan
That's really good of MS to provide FW upgrades to old users. I'm surprised they still sell the first gen models. AFAIK, Apple does not do that. But they don't keep previous generation models on shelves either.
"Brick:have you ever seen one?"
Yes I have. 'Seen, held, played around and not been impressed with one', hehehe.
I was just picking up some books last week at the Virgin Megastore in Doha and came upon the new Zunes. I was told they won't stock the old ones anymore. But surprisingly, you can still get them at Amazon.com (this is were I shop for my gadgets).
"Brick:have you ever seen one?"
Yes I have. 'Seen, held, played around and not been impressed with one', hehehe.
I was just picking up some books last week at the Virgin Megastore in Doha and came upon the new Zunes. I was told they won't stock the old ones anymore. But surprisingly, you can still get them at Amazon.com (this is were I shop for my gadgets).
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Choto Cheeta
Rebooting
By the way, Zune Firmware version 2.3 is now available !!! you may read more
MetalheadGautham
AFK
I still can't digest the fact that you got a Zune for just 4000. Is there better VFM anywere?
The_Devil_Himself
die blizzard die! D3?
^^its not 4k actually,shipping costs and importing taxes are in addition to the base 100$.
Ok,finally upgraded to firmware 2.3 from 1.4.Quite a big change for me!
1.The big fonts are just not cool,They don't fit in one screen.Earlier smaller ones were better.
2.Overall browsing is very easy and animations are cool.
3.Overall better looking than 1.4.
4.The problem showing incorrect battery status in 1.4 was really irritating*www.techenclave.com/forums/images/smilies/sad.gif.
Ayways, I got one problem.I synced some old photos and songs from back up DVDs to Zune,I had to copy them first to Hard disk cos we can't sync directly from cd\dvds to Zune.After that I deleted those pics.and songs from my hard disk and when the next time I synced my Zune they all got deleted from my zune automatically!,very irritating.I tried changing the settings but cudn't find any setting regarding this.Any solution?please.
BTW I have the latest version of software+firmware.
Ok,finally upgraded to firmware 2.3 from 1.4.Quite a big change for me!
1.The big fonts are just not cool,They don't fit in one screen.Earlier smaller ones were better.
2.Overall browsing is very easy and animations are cool.
3.Overall better looking than 1.4.
4.The problem showing incorrect battery status in 1.4 was really irritating*www.techenclave.com/forums/images/smilies/sad.gif.
Ayways, I got one problem.I synced some old photos and songs from back up DVDs to Zune,I had to copy them first to Hard disk cos we can't sync directly from cd\dvds to Zune.After that I deleted those pics.and songs from my hard disk and when the next time I synced my Zune they all got deleted from my zune automatically!,very irritating.I tried changing the settings but cudn't find any setting regarding this.Any solution?please.
BTW I have the latest version of software+firmware.
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